Egg-carrier.



F. KRONENBERGER..

EGG CARRIER.

'APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, |913- RENEWED DEC.. 1.1916.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

.nul HHH A @waan/{Sofo- /WMW E a FERDINAND KEONENBERGER, or HAsTINGs, NEW Yom;

ASSIGNOR T FREDERIC CLARK, 0F ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

EGG-CARRIER. I

Application led August 9, 1913, Serial No.

To all fwhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FERDINAND KRONEN- 'BERGER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Hastings, county of Oswego, and State of New York, have in vented a certain new and useful Egg-Carrier, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a means'for shipping eggs, fruits, vegetables, and other articles which are liable to become broken, bruised or otherwise injured due to rough handling, jarring, or jolting during transportation.

The object isto pack the articles in such manner that they will be retained under yielding pressure and precluded from contact with each other so that the articles will not become broken or bruised.

In a companion application filed by me on even date herewith there is disclosed and broadly claimed the combination of article supporting sheets provided with pockets and cell cases acting as separators for the sheets, the articles being retained" between the sheets and not entering the cells'of the cellcases.

According to the present invention a series of sheets are employed in conjunction with the cell cases to secure an important function, to witz-the contact of the cell cases with the sheets to serve as stays ,therefor; but the present invention is distinguished from the prior one, among other things, by such a relation of the cell cases that the articles areehoused or contained within the spaces of the cell cases and are retained yieldably by the pockets ofthe sheets. It is preferred to so arrange the cell cases and the pocketed sheets that the yieldable members formed in the pockets will contact with articles placed above and below the sheets, thus securing the requisite pressure upon the articles.

Furthermore, it is preferred to employ cell cases the walls or members o f which are composed of corrugated paper or paper boardin order to ,stiien and strengthen the cell case structure.

Gtherfeatures of the invention and the advantages thereof will be apparent from the following detailed description.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a packing case adapted to contain article supporting sheets and cell cases in accordance with this invention."

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing a portion of Specication of Letters Patent.

the sheets to Patented Feb.v 19, 191s.

783,862. Renewed December 1, 1916. Serial No. 134,499.

one article supporting sheet and a portion of a cell case in operative relation thereto.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through a portion of one article supporting sheet having a pocket therein, and illustrating the relation of the cell case to said sheet.

Fig. 4 is a modication illustrating in plan the relation of the cell case to an article supporting sheet.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 4, A designates a sheet or layer provided with rows of pockets B B. The sheet A may consist of any material suitable for the purpose, although it is preferred to employ paper, paper board, card board, or other paper material. Each sheet is formed in a press or other machine so as to produce the pockets B B in rows therein, an imperforate part or section b being left between the adjacent pockets of the row or rows. The pocket B or B is shown mre particularly in Fig. 3, by reference to which 1t will be noted that 'said pocket consists of a permanently depressed portion b', the bottom of which is slitted at c, thereby producing a series of yieldable members 0. The sllts 0 extends radially from the center of the bottom of the pocket well toward the perma-v nently depressed and imperforate part b; in other words, the slits extend from the center nearly to the imperforate part b of the sheet. This results in yieldable members 0 of considerable length, said members extending from the center of the bottom well toward the imperforate marginal portlon When the `article is placed in the pocket and pressure is applied thereto, said artlcle is forced well down into the pocket so as to rest upon the imperforate part b of the pocket and the yieldable `members c', but these members are, bythe pressure of the article, forced downward substantially vas shown to the left in Fig. 1, whereby the members are pressed below the normal planev of the bottom of the pocket so thatv the members will contact with the top of an artlcle placed in a cell case belowr the sheet, all as clearly shown.

esignates a filler or cell case, composed of intersecting members d d. These members are composed of ordinary paper material so that the cell case of Fig. 2 is simil'ar to ordinary cell cases in the art of egg carriers, but in this connection it is to be noted that the members d d of filler or cell case D are of such form and arrangement` that the ller or cell case will contact with article supportingsheet A at the imperforate parts b of said sheet between the rows of pockets B B. A Y,

In Fig. 4 of the drawings there is illustratedanother form of the filler or cell case.

Said cell case D consists of corrugated The article supporting sheets and the.

filler or cell cases are assembled within a packing case E, substantially as shown in Fig. 1,the sheets A alternating with the cell cases, and the latter being ofsuch depth as to receive the articles within the cells or spaces thereof. When case E is to be packed a ller or cell case D is placed upon the bottom, a sheet A being positioned upon the upper edges of the members composing the filler or cell case, which memberscontact with the imperforate parts or Sections b of sheet A,`as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, and a second filler or cell case is placed upon the sheet A so as to contact with the imperforate parts or sections b thereof. The eggslor other articles are now placed within the cells of the second iller or cell case and upon sheet A and; within the pockets thereof, each article resting upon theimperforate rim or part b of thex pocket and the yupper end portions of the yieldable member c. When pressure is applied to the articles the yieldable members c are'depressed substantially to the condition shown at the left of Fig. l, but ordinarily the slitted bottom of the pocket is continuous with the imperforate rim b of said pocket, as shown to the right in Fig. 1.

After placing the first layer of articles within the second iller or cell case and upon the irst sheet, a second sheet A is placed on the second filler or cell case in the manner described, and a third iiller or cell case is placed upon the second sheet, after which a second layer of articles is placed within the cells of the third iller or cell case and into contact with the pockets in the second sheet, whereby the yieldable members inthe pockets of the second sheet are depressed into contact with the top portions of the rst layer of articles in the second filler -or cell case. lThe operations" of assembling the sheets, cell cases and layers of articles are ycontinued until the case is filled, and then a top sheet A of the character described `is placed upon the uppermost filler or cell casek so that the yieldable members in the pockets 0f the top Sheet will with the top `portions-of the articles in the upper layer,

all as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be noted that by applying pressure to the articles, the slitted bottoms of the pockets in the sheets A will be depressed so that the yieldable members will contact with the articles Abelow said members. Accordingly, each article will rest at its bottom in the permanent rim and in Contact with the yieldable members of one sheet, whereas the top portion of the article will be' engaged by the yieldable members in the pockets of the sheet next above it, thus retaining the article securely in position and preventing it from moving loosely within the space of the cell case. The articles are thus retained so firmly in position that they cannot be- I come broken or bruised by rough handling,

jolting or jarringof the packing case during transit thereof.- The cell cases act as separators for'the slitted sheets, and the members of the cell cases engage with the imperforate parts of the sheets between the rows of pockets therein so as to substantially reinforce and strengthen the sheets against any tendency to break or tear by the pressure or weight ofthe articles supported thereon. l

Having thus Vfully described the invention, what I claim as new, and ydesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a/device of the class described, the combination of a. plurality of article engaging sheets each provided with rows of pockets, each pocket having a permanently epressed rim, the bottomfof which is slitted to produce a series of yieldable fingers, and

a plurality of fillers positioned in alternate order to said sheets, each filler being in contact with sheets above and below it and w adapted to receive in the cells thereof the articlesto be packed, whereby each article is adapted to be seated upon the rim of the pocket below it and to contact with the yieldable fingers depressed from the pocket in the sheet above it. Y

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a plurality of article carrying sheets, and a plurality of article receiving yfillers positioned in alternating order with said sheets, each sheet being provided with a series of .pockets adapted to receive and. support the articles positioned within the llers, the bottoms of said pockets being slitted and producing :inv each pocket a series of yieldable fingers, said fingers being depressible by the article within the pocket and to contact with an article in the pocket below it.

3. In a device of the class described, a,

Aseries of .article-carrying sheets each provided with permanently formed pockets depending from the plane of the Sheet, thebottom portion kof each pocket being slitted t0. produce yleldable members, combined with a plurality of cell-case fillers each comprising attached crossing' members which form rows of cells, said fillers alternating with said sheets and the members of said fillers contacting with the sheets in the intervals between the pockets therein, the yieldable members of the sheets above each iiller depending into the cells of said filler so as to Contact with the articles therein.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination o'fa series of article carrying sheets each having rows of pockets the bottoms of which are slitted, and a series of article receiving llers each composed of corrugated interlocked strips, said strips of the fillers being positioned for contact with two adjacent sheets in the intervals between the pockets therein, the slitted pockets of each sheet being depressible into the cells of the filler beneath it.

arranged to produce rows of cells, said sheets alternating with the fillers for the members of said llers to Contact with the sheets in the spaces intermediate the pockets, the slitted portions of each sheet being de- 4pressible into the cells of the iiller contaoting with the under surface 0f said sheet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FERDINAND KRONENBERGER.

Witnesses:

M. C.`RoDR1GUnz, H. I. BERNHARD. 

